Hockey East Best Defensive Defenseman
# Hockey East Best Defensive Defenseman

The Hockey East Best Defensive Defenseman is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the best defensive defenseman in the conference as voted by the head coaches of each Hockey East team.

The Best Defensive Defenseman was first bestowed in 1999 and every year thereafter.

Brian Dumoulin is the only defenseman to have won the award more than once, doing so in 2010–11 and 2011–12. The award has been shared once, in 2003–04 between Andrew Alberts of Boston College and Prestin Ryan of Maine. (As of 2022)

## Award winners

| Year | Winner | School |
| - | - | - |
| 1998–99 | Steve O'Brien | New Hampshire |
| 1999–00 | Mike Mottau | Boston College |
| 2000–01 | Bobby Allen | Boston College |
| 2001–02 | Chris Dyment | Boston University |
| 2002–03 | Cliff Loya | Maine |
| 2003–04 | Andrew Alberts | Boston College |
| 2003–04 | Prestin Ryan | Maine |
| 2004–05 | Tim Judy | Northeastern |
| 2005–06 | Peter Harrold | Boston College |
| 2006–07 | Sean Sullivan | Boston University |
| 2007–08 | Joe Charlebois | New Hampshire |
| 2008–09 | Louis Liotti | Northeastern |
| 2009–10 | Justin Braun | Massachusetts |
| Year | Winner | School |
| 2010–11 | Brian Dumoulin | Boston College |
| 2011–12 | Brian Dumoulin | Boston College |
| 2012–13 | Patrick Wey | Boston College |
| 2013–14 | Josh Manson | Northeastern |
| 2014–15 | Mike Paliotta | Vermont |
| 2015–16 | Steve Santini | Boston College |
| 2016–17 | Dennis Gilbert | Notre Dame |
| 2017–18 | Casey Fitzgerald | Boston College |
| 2018–19 | Vincent Desharnais | Providence |
| 2019–20 | Wyatt Newpower | Connecticut |
| 2020–21 | Drew Helleson | Boston College |
| 2021–22 | Jordan Harris | Northeastern |
| 2022–23 | Hunter McDonald | Northeastern |

### Winners by school

| School | Winners |
| - | - |
| Boston College | 10 |
| Northeastern | 5 |
| Boston University | 2 |
| Maine | 2 |
| New Hampshire | 2 |
| Connecticut | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 |
| Notre Dame | 1 |
| Providence | 1 |
| Vermont | 1 |
